Child poverty, social determinants of health, and the limits of balance sheet thinking
Child poverty in New Zealand is not inevitable — but it is driving rising health system demand and exposing the limits of balance sheet-driven policy.
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Government policies are increasing child poverty – NZCTU
New data from Stats NZ shows child poverty in New Zealand is worsening, with unions warning that Government policies are…
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GUEST BLOG: Class War: Leadership Counts
Guest Blog: Pat O’Dea argues New Zealand faces a stark choice between austerity and taxing wealth as poverty, housing insecurity and inequality deepen.
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Bubble, Bubble, toil & trouble
The US stock market is dangerously overvalued, driven by AI hype, Nvidia’s monopoly and extreme inequality. Is a 2026 crash inevitable? A deep dive into the bubble.
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Education is much more than ‘The basics, done well’.
Is education just about the “three Rs”? A look at Clarence Beeby’s vision, inequality, structured literacy reforms and the future of NZ schooling.
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Economy in meltdown and the broken privatisation experiment never more apparent – so why is NZ Left floundering?
Rising unemployment, collapsing public services, and growing inequality expose New Zealand as a failed privatisation experiment — and raise hard questions for the Left.
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Reindustrialising education, taking it back to the 19th century
Education policy does not exist in a vacuum. It reflects the values a society holds about work, intelligence, equity, and…
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TOP Challenges Grant Robertson: Support Kiwis or House Prices Soar
TOP says current economic policy is inflating house prices — and calls for direct payments to support Kiwis instead.
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Sugar Kills More New Zealanders Than Drugs – TOP Policy Push
TOP says sugar is driving a public health crisis — and calls for a tax to curb obesity and diabetes.
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Grenfell Tower – an Epitaph to Epic Failure
Only when inequality, deregulation, austerity and privatisation are reversed, will justice be done for the Grenfell dead.
